All amazing things must come to an end, and so, too, must this particular series of offerings. While I continue to ponder lessons learned, and intend to pass on many tidbits and tiny facts from my first big game hunt as I continue to explore, it is time to move our discussion onward.
In closing, thank you for listening, and I hope you have enjoyed what you heard. I will leave you with images of perhaps the least anticipated sight of our trip, and one last tale:
These signs were nailed to trees on the far side of the Tanana, around a small home about a mile down the trail (see "Part 1" for a more detailed description of where we were and how we got there). They belonged to a pair of brothers who run a business taking visitors on guided hunts. The brothers own one cabin by the Tanana, and another approximately 40 miles upriver. They take hunting parties up by ATV, with the gear on pack mules, and fly the meat out in a Super Cub owned by the family. When not in use, the mules roam the lands near the lower cabin; the signs are a warning to hunters that mules are in the area and not to get too trigger happy.
